Marshal,I can't get any work done anymore because this Johnston saga is so amazing. Thanks for this info. Jennifer Shandor Spade, if you are reading this, see what you started? I agree, there probably is a connection between John Garrison alias Jeremiah Johnston and the Johnstons of Hunterdon County; it may or may not be a genetic relationship, but possibly a "related by marriage" or at least a social relationship. In 1796 a Joseph Johnston married a Rebecca Garrison, and marriage records show quite a few Garrisons in Hunterdon County in the early 1800s. Helen P. Allman's records show that this Joseph was a son of Samuel who was son of the colonial judge Samuel Johnston. As I said in a previous posting, comparison of Helen Allman's records and the dictionary record of Charles Johnston show them to be the same family. I did try to find a record of a Garrison male marrying a Johnston, thinking that maybe John Garrison took his mother's maiden name when he became Jeremiah Johnston, but couldn't find anything. In a quest to explain John Garrison's selection of a new identity, other possibilities involving the phrases "jumped the fence" and "wrong side of the blanket" came to mind, but that would be too difficult to prove and maybe it is tasteless to even conjecture along those lines. Thanks for the web site--now I have to watch the movie--I never did see it, can you believe that? Phyllis ---- Marshall Lake <mlake@mlake.net> wrote: > > >> There was a John GARRISON who was born in Little York, (Alexandria Twp > >> ?) Hunterdon Co, NJ in 1823. He apparently got into trouble in the > >> Navy, deserted, changed his name to Jeremiah JOHNSTON, and moved west. > > > Thanks for telling me--I might have found this scoundrel in my research > > and thought he was a legitimate part of the family! We won't claim HIM! > > :) You might want to claim him if he's yours. He was apparently a > character of some notoriety. There was even a movie done about his life > story starring Robert Redford. See > http://www.fpcc.net/~sgrimm/jeremiah_johnston.htm > > -- > Marshall Lake -- mlake@mlake.net -- http://mlake.net

> In 1796 a Joseph Johnston married a Rebecca Garrison, and marriage > records show quite a few Garrisons in Hunterdon County in the early > 1800s. Helen P. Allman's records show that this Joseph was a son of > Samuel who was son of the colonial judge Samuel Johnston. Do you or anyone else know anything more about this Rebecca GARRISON ? -- Marshall Lake -- mlake@mlake.net -- http://mlake.net

Marshall, I'm sorry, I don't have any more on this Rebecca Garrison. I'll keep your query in my files and let you know if I find anything--but I think you are a much more experienced researcher than I am, by the appearance of your web site, which I found when I was hunting for information on Virginia Alleman Brown, so if you haven't found anything, it's probably presumptuous of me to think I will find something. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Lake" <mlake@mlake.net> To: <pjohnston356@adelphia.net> Cc: <NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] The Charles Johnston dictionary with family records > > > In 1796 a Joseph Johnston married a Rebecca Garrison, and marriage > > records show quite a few Garrisons in Hunterdon County in the early > > 1800s. Helen P. Allman's records show that this Joseph was a son of > > Samuel who was son of the colonial judge Samuel Johnston. > > Do you or anyone else know anything more about this Rebecca GARRISON ? > > -- > Marshall Lake -- mlake@mlake.net -- http://mlake.net >

Dear Phyllis and all, I am happy to have started all of this! haha! I know how it exciting it is to make discoveries in your family history. Now I see that Garrison has been thrown in. There are still Garrisons in Harmony, Warren Co., NJ. I know some of them. :) Jennifer Shandor Spade ----- Original Message ----- From: pjohnston356@adelphia.net To: NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 10:43 AM Subject: [NJWARREN] Re: [NJHUNTER] The Charles Johnston dictionary with family records Marshal,I can't get any work done anymore because this Johnston saga is so amazing. Thanks for this info. Jennifer Shandor Spade, if you are reading this, see what you started? I agree, there probably is a connection between John Garrison alias Jeremiah Johnston and the Johnstons of Hunterdon County; it may or may not be a genetic relationship, but possibly a "related by marriage" or at least a social relationship. In 1796 a Joseph Johnston married a Rebecca Garrison, and marriage records show quite a few Garrisons in Hunterdon County in the early 1800s. Helen P. Allman's records show that this Joseph was a son of Samuel who was son of the colonial judge Samuel Johnston. As I said in a previous posting, comparison of Helen Allman's records and the dictionary record of Charles Johnston show them to be the same family. I did try to find a record of a Garrison male marrying a Johnston, thinking that maybe John Garrison took his mother's maiden name when he became Jeremiah Johnston, but couldn't find anything. In a quest to explain John Garrison's selection of a new identity, other possibilities involving the phrases "jumped the fence" and "wrong side of the blanket" came to mind, but that would be too difficult to prove and maybe it is tasteless to even conjecture along those lines. Thanks for the web site--now I have to watch the movie--I never did see it, can you believe that? Phyllis ---- Marshall Lake <mlake@mlake.net> wrote: > > >> There was a John GARRISON who was born in Little York, (Alexandria Twp > >> ?) Hunterdon Co, NJ in 1823. He apparently got into trouble in the > >> Navy, deserted, changed his name to Jeremiah JOHNSTON, and moved west. > > > Thanks for telling me--I might have found this scoundrel in my research > > and thought he was a legitimate part of the family! We won't claim HIM! > > :) You might want to claim him if he's yours. He was apparently a > character of some notoriety. There was even a movie done about his life > story starring Robert Redford. See > http://www.fpcc.net/~sgrimm/jeremiah_johnston.htm > > -- > Marshall Lake -- mlake@mlake.net -- http://mlake.net ==== NJWARREN Mailing List ==== You can contact the listowner at: Judy@BirdGenealogy.org ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx